How AI can cut food processing waste - Fraunhofer Institute A €10m project to slash food processing waste using artificial intelligence (AI) has been launched in Germany, focusing on meat, bakery and dairy production.
A study conducted by the Thünen Institute in 2019 revealed that about 30% of food waste occur in food production and processing.
The REIF project has 30 partners working on a long-term solution. The primary focus is designing an AI ecosystem, which includes participants at every step of the value chain. The project is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) to the tune of €10m.
Cutting and slicing feature: Energy and space saving advancements With the world marching towards a future led by automation in smaller and smaller operating areas, we explore how this industry 4.0 trend is influencing cutting and slicing at factory level.
From machinery offering output that matches the quality of hand-made products to developments in cutting technology to reduce energy use, equipment suppliers are moving swiftly to meet food and drink processors’ needs.
In the wider food and drink space, automated technologies – and in some cases the use of digitalisation – have allowed manufacturers with traditional production processes to enter the 21
st century while maintaining product quality.
Brexit has been an ‘almost unmitigated disaster’ for food and drink in Scotland, according to Fergus Ewing, the Scottish government's cabinet secretary for rural economy and tourism.
Foreign contaminants top list in food recall roundup Meatballs, cake and yogurts are just some of the products recalled due to food safety issues in the past week, covered in this roundup.
Plastic, metal and glass contamination all forced food and drink firms to remove their products from shelves, as well as the presence of Salmonella amid the continuing Europe-wide outbreak of
salmonella enteriditis cases.
Plastic contamination forces meatball recall
Retailer The Co-op has been forced to recall packs of 12 British Beef Meatballs, after it was discovered some of the products were contaminated with pieces of plastic.
The recall applied to 350g packs of the product with a use by date of 5 March 2021. The possible presence of plastic made the product unsafe to eat.